Bedford County TN Archives Military Records.....Martin, Josiah
Revwar - Pension
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JOSIAH MARTIN
Josiah Martin applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bedford
County, Tennessee in 1832 when he was 77 years old. He was, therefore, born in
1755. He stated that his home was in the shadow of King's Mountain but that he
was not in that battle owing to a thigh wound accidently received from a spear
in the hands of a comrad. He was in the battle of Ramsour's Mill He served in
Captain Barber's company, Colonel McDowell's regiment. He married Mary McCleary,
daughter of Robert and Abigail McCleary of Mechlenburg, North Carolina. She
survived him and drew a pension. She stated that they were married May 28, 1783,
in her father's home. Their children were: Abigail, born 1790; Robert, born
1793; Clarissa, born 1796; Marilla, born 1799; Polly McDowell, born 1806; and
Matilda born 1808.
Additional Comments:
From:
SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. IV
by Zella Armstrong
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